Hey, guys. So….I'm starting another story. I have no idea why I'm starting another story when I literally have three others on this profile as well as a collab story on another profile currently in progress. I just always have ideas circling in my head that won't go away until I get them down. Somebody send help, because it's a problem. Anyhoo, all sarcasm aside, I'm super excited for this story because it's a Yu-Gi-Oh! version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! That's right folks, I decided to Yu-Gi-Ohify my FAVORITE DISNEY MOVIE EVER, with a few twists and turns of my own of course…I've honestly had this story idea for such a long time now, several months now that I'm thinking about it, that it feels WONDERFUL to finally get it written down to publish. So, with all that said, read and enjoy.
Once upon a time, in a time long, long ago, there was a kingdom called Draconia. The kingdom of Draconia itself was magnificent, filled with lush forests, rolling plains, and snowcapped mountains, but a vile and cruel King ruled over the kingdom. He was an arrogant and selfish man who only cared about furthering his own wealth and glory. He treated his subjects, and even his own family like dirt.
The Queen of Draconia, Lillian, was unlike her husband. She was a beautiful woman with long, ebony hair and clear, blue eyes and unlike her husband, she was kindhearted and fair. The Queen was his second wife who he married shortly after the death of his first wife. The Queen had two children from her marriage with her previous husband, two boys named Mokuba and Seto.
Mokuba, only seven at the time of his mother's second marriage, was a cheerful and innocent boy. The young boy was very much like his mother, gifted with her long, black hair and caring and gentle personality. He had large, gray-blue eyes that were always wide with a childish curiosity. He loved everyone, no matter who they were, and that trait made him very popular with the subjects. Though he loved everyone, the person that Mokuba loved more than anyone in the world, was his brother, Seto.
Seto was older than Mokuba by five years. He was a handsome young man, both on the inside and out. His hair was chocolate brown and his eyes were as clear and blue as his mother's were. He was loyal and fair with a heart of gold and would fight anyone ferociously to protect his loved ones and the people of Draconia.
Yes, the King of Draconia was cruel, but with Lillian and her children at his side, the kingdom was protected from much of his cruelness. However, that changed when Lillian died.
It was a little more than nine years after Lillian's marriage to the King when the Queen passed in her sleep. The castle physician was unable to find anything wrong with her and ruled her death a result of some undetected illness. The staff of the castle suspected that their King had something to do with their Queen's death. Lillian was extraordinarily healthy so it was unlikely that a sudden sickness caused her death, especially since there were no symptoms present prior to her death. Though the staff had their suspicions, none dared to confront their King or do anything to avenge the fallen Queen. No one, except for Seto. He never liked his stepfather. He knew that when his stepfather married his mother he wanted one thing, a biological heir to the throne. When Lillian failed to birth her husband a living son, he had her killed. Seto wasn't going to let the King get away with killing his mother. A rebellion began, starting slowly and quickly picking up speed. With the help of his brother, the castle staff, and the people of the kingdom, Seto was able to overthrow the old King. The rebellion infiltrated the castle and defeated the King, who for punishment for his misdeeds, was exiled to the deepest part of the woods just outside the kingdom's border. A couple days after the old King's banishment, on the night of his twenty-first birthday, Seto Kaiba became the King of Draconia.
For several months, the kingdom thrived. Trading increased and the family owned businesses within the kingdom flourished. The people were as happy as they were before the exiled King took over. Yes, the people loved their new King and he loved them back. The people were grateful to him everyday for saving them from the brutality of his stepfather. The peaceful kingdom was completely unaware of the disaster that was about to come.
Unbeknownst to the kingdom, the old King plotted revenge from deep within the forest. He hated the people of his kingdom for turning on him, and above all, he hated his oldest stepson. The young King had no royal blood, and yet he was ruling his kingdom. As the months passed, his anger and solitude festered until it began to devour his soul. Seto would pay for stealing his kingdom and he was prepared to make the young man suffer as much as possible. The vengeful King began to experiment with the dark magic from the Shadow Realm. The anger and darkness in his heart morphed him until he lost his humanity and he made a deal with the dark creatures residing in the Shadow Realm. He would be granted immortality with the dark powers of a sorcerer and in exchange, he would give the creatures of the Shadow Realm Seto Kaiba's soul. The Shadow Realm granted the old King dark powers by giving him a magic talisman in the shape of one of the mightiest creatures known, Exodia. With his wish for dark powers granted, he could finally satisfy his hunger for revenge.
The day that everything changed should have been a happy day. The castle was holding a ball in honor of their King succeeding in making yet another trade alliance with a neighboring kingdom and to watch the comet that was expected to return after seventy-five years that night. The King turned sorcerer turned up at the party wearing a mask to hide his face and a long red cloak to hide his pale hair. Only when the people were about to toast their King did the sorcerer reveal himself. He threw away the masquerade hiding his identity and smirked deviously at the frightened reactions of the crowd. He demanded that his stepson relinquish the crown to its rightful owner and leave the kingdom.
Obviously, Seto refused. He was not going to renounce the throne and the lives of his subject to the vile old King. An evil smirk crawled its way across the sorcerer's face. He began to speak in a language no one recognized and black energy began to form from his hands. The Royal Guard fought to protect their King but the whispery clouds of black soon filled the entire throne room. The sorcerer had called upon the powers of the Shadow Realm to place a powerful and devastating curse on the castle and all who lived there. He wasn't going to just kill his stepson. Oh no, he wanted his stepson to suffer so it would make his reclaim of the throne that much sweeter. But not only did he want his stepson to suffer, he wanted the members of the staff who had turned on him to suffer as well.
When the clouds of dark energy disappeared, the residents of the castle had been stripped of their human forms and turned into monsters from another world. But for his stepson, he wanted him to suffer the most. He wanted to see him suffer alone in solitude and despair the same way he had. He wanted his stepson to wither away and die alone. So he cursed him with the form of the most powerful and deadly creature of all, a creature that was once beloved by the young King: the form of the Blue Eyes White Dragon. But his form was neither monster nor human, but some horrible thing in between. The young King became a prisoner in his own body with only his loyal servants and younger brother, now trapped in forms that no human would dare trust, by his side.
To amuse himself and ensure the suffering of his stepson, the sorcerer offered an ultimatum. The young King had until the return of the comet to find someone to accept him for the way he was and break the curse. If he failed, his soul would be damned to be trapped in the Shadow Realm forever. With a maniacal laugh, the sorcerer disappeared in a cloud of dark smoke.
The young King tried to remain hopeful, but as the years passed he fell into despair and his heart began to grow cold. He became bitter towards the world, the one he once protected, who had come to shun his as a monster. He lost all hope, for who could ever love a monster?
GUYS IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING! I am just SO excited for this story. Beauty and the Beast is the best. Anyway, I just wanted to mention a couple things.
1. First off, I would like to give a HUGE thank you to my awesome collab partner, friend, and brainstorm buddy, DarkQueenofDuels for agreeing to be my beta for this story. She's amazing, so go check her out cause she has awesome stuff on her profile.
So, as you can see I twisted things a little bit and made the "Enchantress" a little more…devious than that part is in the movie/story. The reason for that is that it's just my personal opinion that the Enchantress in the movie IS a villain. I mean, who curses an eleven year old for not letting a scary stranger into their house? However, I do not want you guys to worry that there is not a "Gaston" in this story. There is one and his identity will be revealed next chapter. "Gaston" will still be the villain, I just wanted Seto to be cursed rather than have him be punished for being selfish and heartless and what not, because he isn't.
The comet mentioned is in fact Halley's Comet, which orbits every 75 or so years. I was originally going to have Seto get cursed on his coronation day (his birthday) but the only time Halley's Comet passed on that time was in 1301 and that is WAY too early for the story to take place. So I just chose a different date that would make more sense for the events of the story. Just in case anyone is curious, I imagine the curse being set in the time around the 1682 sighting.
Okay, that's all I wanted to touch on. Other than that, read, review, critique, enjoy, and all that other stuff. I wonder if you guys can guess who "Gaston" and the "Enchantress" are. Anyhoo, I hope you all enjoyed and I'll talk to you next update.